Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday appealed to all those protesting against the farm laws to come to the streets and join today’s “chakka jam” called by the farmer unions.
Farmers are protesting against the newly enacted farm laws for over two months at various borders of the national capital. “I appeal to all those protesting against farm laws to come to the streets and join today’s ‘dharna’ between 12 pm and 3 pm,” said Singh in Gwalior.
The Congress had extended support to the nationwide ‘Chakka jam’ protest by farmers on Friday. The party’s General Secretary KC Venugopal said in a statement that party workers will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers in their protest against the new farm laws.
Earlier today, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has also extended support to the agitating farmers and said the new agriculture laws are not only dangerous for them, but for the whole country.
Meanwhile, Around 50,000 personnel of Delhi Police, Paramilitary and Reserve Forces have been deployed in the Delhi-NCR region to maintain law and order.
Farmers have been protesting at different borders of the national capital since November 26 last year against the three newly enacted farm laws: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
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There are many ways to go down the drain. Democracy is the shortest way and India is well on it way, ably guided by the (un)democratic forces at play.
In this country even now after so many years of independence only thing people do is protest. Very soon these loonies may protest after election results are declared and they happen to be on the loosing side. Protest, Protest…. keep protesting against an elected government and take the country down the drain. Successful protest and they win by causing inconvenience to common people. Finally there is no rule of law and anybody who has the numbers blocks the road and stops normal functioning and this is a democratic value that we should believe. To hell with these protests, there should be no accommodation to protests and protestors. Protests are not not democratic, protestors should go to court and the court can decide. Nobody should be allowed to block roads and disrupt common mans life.
The media playing up protests (mostly turning violent for whatever reasons) and downplaying other democratic processes, in the name of constitutional right (right or wrong) have set bad precedents leading to the Nation being a laggard democracy. This right (right or wrong) always eclipses the cause which is NOT always right. It just does not seem logical that all opposition parties and those traditionally inimical to the elected Government (since independence) “support ” the protests just to bring down governments (to regain power etc.) and not applying mind to the rel issue which does not get that much coverage as the ball ball commentaries on the protests.
Ominous signs.